Tadhg Furlong
| Full name | Tadhg Furlong | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Wexford, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 122 kg (18 st 10 lb, 262 lb) | ||
| School | St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Current status | |||
| Position(s) | Tight-head Prop | ||
| Current team | Leinster | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Tight-head Prop | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| New Ross RFC
Clontarf RFC | |||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2013– | Leinster | 32 | (15) |
| correct as of 5 September 2015. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2015 |
Ireland U20 Ireland |
13 5 |
(0) (0) |
| correct as of 13 February 2016. | |||
Tadhg Furlong is an Irish rugby union player for Leinster Rugby.His preferred position is tighthead prop. He made his senior debut in November 2013 against the Dragons.[1] In May 2014 it was announced that he would be promoted from the Leinster academy to the senior squad for the season 2014–15.[2]
On 29 August 2015, Furlong made his Ireland senior debut against Wales in a warm-up game for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[3] He was named in the Ireland squad for the World Cup on 1 September 2015.[4][5]
References
- ↑ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/team/results/squad_leinster_academy.php?player=100177&includeref=dynamic
- ↑ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/news/11911.php#.U2rStFcVeN8
- ↑ "Tadhg Furlong: 'I'd have said you were cracked if you'd told me a year ago I'd be here'". Irish Independent. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong named in Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squad". Guardian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Confirmed: Joe Schmidt names his 31-man Rugby World Cup squad after 'difficult calls'". Irish Independent. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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